Not enough blogs?

You might think the internet has enough blogs, and you'd probably be right.  The internet actually has enough blogs already about the two things I like to do, knit and run, as I discovered when trying to come up with a clever title (please note my failure above).  So why another one?

Here are the top reasons I chose right now to start blogging:

1. I only have a dog, no children.  I've heard once those happen, you can barely keep your hair free of puke, let alone write notes to strangers on a reliable schedule.  My dog has peed, bled, and shat on my floor, though, so I still consider her training for human babies.
2. For the first time, and probably the only time in my career, I have a 9-5 job.  This may change as soon as August.  Otherwise, the hours usually look like 6-7.  One is a.m., the other is p.m.  It doesn't really matter which is which, it's crappy either way.
3. I got a DSLR for Christmas, which makes me an instant photography pro, eager to share her photos with the world.  I will selectively color your newborn's portraits for $50, but you'll need to bring your own bed sheet to use as a backdrop.
4. The internet is forever.  Why journal or scrapbook or otherwise physically document your life when it could so easily be consumed in fire or flood (maybe even both, but this seems like an either-or situation to me)?  This is for posterity.  And while I was initially nervous about making that private embarrassment that comes with reading a five-year-old diary entry into public embarrassment, I realized no one will ever read this, so who cares?

I'm Rachel.  I run.  I knit.  With proper eye protection I may consider both simultaneously.  I live in an apartment with a man and a dog, and we all love each other.